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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod | 28 |
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod index dd79af28ae..39084b2c5d 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod @@ -20,15 +20,29 @@ RAND_file_name() generates a default path for the random seed file. B<buf> points to a buffer of size B<num> in which to store the filename. -On Windows the seed file is %RANDFILE% if that environment variable is set. -Otherwise the file is called ".rnd" in one of the following locations (in order -of preference): %TMP%, %TEMP%, %USERPROFILE%, %SYSTEMROOT%, %HOME%, "C:". +On all systems, if the environment variable B<RANDFILE> is set, its +value will be used as the seed file name. -On all other systems the seed file is $RANDFILE if that environment variable is -set, $HOME/.rnd otherwise. +Otherwise, the file is called ".rnd", found in platform dependent locations: -If $HOME (on non Windows systems) is not set either, or B<num> is -too small for the path name, an error occurs. +=over 4 + +=item On Windows (in order of preference) + +%HOME%, %USERPROFILE%, %SYSTEMROOT%, C:\ + +=item On VMS + +SYS$LOGIN: + +=item On all other systems + +$HOME + +=back + +If C<$HOME> (on non-Windows and non-VMS system) is not set either, or +B<num> is too small for the path name, an error occurs. RAND_load_file() reads a number of bytes from file B<filename> and adds them to the PRNG. If B<max_bytes> is non-negative, |